https://wearethemusicmakers.co/latest Music tech and AI in music: the news that matters, what we think about it, and a directory of the tools. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2026/10/2027-grammys-ai-rule-plain-english Grammy nominations land on 16 November. The rulebook lets AI material in, as long as the human part is "meaningful and more than de minimis" and fits the category. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr says a majority of a song must be human-written, which is a higher bar than the rulebook sets. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers ai-musicgrammysawardssongwritinghuman-authorship https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/02/beatles-now-and-then-grammy-separation-not-generation https://wearethemusicmakers.co/news/2025/02/beatles-now-and-then-grammy-separation-not-generation "Now and Then" won Best Rock Performance at the 2025 Grammys. The machine learning behind it separated John Lennon's real vocal from a late-1970s home demo; it did not generate a voice. That distinction is what kept the record inside the Recording Academy's human-authorship rules, and it is the line the industry should be arguing about instead of "AI or not". Mon, 03 Feb 2025 04:30:00 GMT We are the music makers aistem-separationartist-rightsgrammys